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1. Determinants of agreement between self-reported and parent-assessed quality of life for children in Germany – Results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS)

   2011 - Background The aim of this study is to quantify the level of agreement between self-reporting and proxy-assessment of children's health-related quality of life using KINDL-R in a large population …

2. Ficolin-2 Levels and FCN2 Haplotypes Influence Hepatitis B Infection Outcome in Vietnamese Patients

   2011 - Human Ficolin-2 (L-ficolins) encoded by FCN2 gene is a soluble serum protein that plays an important role in innate immunity and is mainly expressed in the liver. Ficolin-2 serum levels and FCN2 …

3. Kompetenz und Souveränität im Gesundheitswesen – Die Nutzerperspektive

4. Mehrfach-Verpackungen oraler Medikamente als Ausbruchsvehikel multiresistenter Enterobacter cloacae: neue Erkenntnisse durch eine Fall-Kontroll-Studie

   2011 - In der Krankenhaushygiene gibt es krankenhausübergreifende und methodische Herausforderungen, die zeitaufwendig sind und Spezialwissen erfordern. Zur Unterstützung bei Epidemien können Bundesländer …

5. Survival from common and rare cancers in Germany in the early 21st century

   2011 - Background: Until recently, population-based data of cancer survival in Germany mostly relied on one registry covering 1 million people (1.3% of the German population). Here, we provide up-to-date …

6. Serum Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Levels Are Associated with Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents

   2011 - Objective: It is currently unclear whether subclinical thyroid dysfunction is associated with blood pressure. Furthermore, data on the potential relation of thyroid function with blood pressure in …

7. Highly controlled electrofusion of individually selected cells in dielectrophoretic field cages

   2011 - The prospect of novel therapeutic approaches has renewed the current interest in the fusion of rare cells, like stem cells or primary immune cells. While conventional techniques are only capable of …

8. Comparison of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes of food poisoning outbreak isolates of Staphylococcus aureus with isolates obtained from bovine mastitis milk and pig carcasses

   2011 - Staphylococcus aureus is the etiological agent in a variety of infections in humans and livestock and produces enterotoxins leading to staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP), one of the most prevalent …

9. Highlights from the clinical symposium on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli/haemolytic uremic syndrome, Berlin, September 2011

10. Uptake of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) and HIV Disease Progression According to Geographical Origin in Seroconverters in Europe, Canada, and Australia

    2011 - Background. We examined differences by geographical origin (GO) in time from HIV seroconversion (SC) to AIDS, death, and initiation of antiretroviral therapy (cART). Methods. Data from HIV …

11. Indicators of Overweight and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among 11- to 17-Year-Old Boys and Girls in Germany

    2011 - Objective:We analyzed the magnitude of the association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and various measures of overweight among adolescents, to determine which indicator of …

12. Infektionen mit Pneumokokken, Meningokokken, H. influenzae und Diphtherie in Deutschland: das RKI Referenznetzwerk für Invasive Bakterielle Infektionen (IBI) beim 5. Würzburger Workshop zur Epidemiologie, Prävention und Therapie von invasiven Meningokokkenerkrankung 2010 (Tagungsbericht)

    2011 - Die epidemiologische Überwachung und Prävention von invasiven bakteriellen Infektionen bedarf einer flexiblen Strategieabstimmung aller Akteure. In diesem Interesse sind in der Bundesrepublik …

13. New malignancies following cancer of the urinary bladder: analysis of German cancer registry data

    2011 - This analysis aimed at occurrence and distribution patterns of new malignancies following bladder cancer. Standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated for two German population-based cancer …

14. Insight into antimicrobial susceptibility and population structure of contemporary human Enterococcus faecalis isolates from Europe

    2011 - Objectives To investigate antimicrobial susceptibility and clonal relatedness of Enterococcus faecalis human isolates recovered recently (2006–09) in six European countries. Methods Antimicrobial …

15. Evaluation strategies for case series: is Cox regression an alternative to the self controlled case series method for terminal events?

    2011 - In this paper, we deal with the analysis of case series. The self-controlled case series method (SCCS) was developed to analyse the temporal association between time-varying exposure and an outcome …

16. Priority areas for surveillance and prevention of avian influenza during the water-bird migration season in Pakistan

    2011 - Avian influenza viruses may be introduced into domestic poultry through migratory wild birds, particularly from Pakistan, which is situated across the migratory Indus flyway and holds more than 225 …

17. Epidemiological evidence for a link between vertigo and migraine

    2011 - Both migraine and dizziness/vertigo rank among the most common complaints in the general population. Worldwide, the lifetime prevalence of migraine is about 14%. Approximately 20% to 30% of the …

18. Novel adenoviruses in wild primates: high genetic diversity and evidence of zoonotic transmissions

    2011 - Adenoviruses (AdVs) broadly infect vertebrate hosts including a variety of nonhuman primates (NHPs). In the present study we identified AdVs in NHPs living in their natural habitat,and, through the …

19. Babies and Bearded Dragons: Sudden Increase in Reptile-Associated Salmonella enterica Serovar Tennessee Infections, Germany 2008

    2011 - Introduction: In 2008 a marked increase in Salmonella enterica serovar Tennessee infections in infants occurred in Germany. In March and April 2008, eight cases were notified compared to a median of …

20. Enteropathisches hämolytisch-urämisches Syndrom: Sporadischer Einzelfall oder Teil eines Krankheitsausbruchs?

    2011 - Das hämolytisch-urämische Syndrom (HUS) ist ein lebensbedrohlicher Zustand, charakterisiert durch akutes Nierenversagen, hämolytische Anämie und Thrombozytopenie. In >80% der Fälle liegen …

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